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Anchor Robin Roberts leaves 'Good Morning America' a day early
Published: 8/30/2012 11:33 AM
Last Modified: 8/30/2012 11:35 AM


"GMA's" Robin Roberts, who is the host of "TV's Most Dynamic Duos: Presented by the Paley Center for Media" Sunday on ABC, has started her medical leave one day early. MICHAEL PRIEST/Paley Center

"Good Morning America" co-anchor Robin Roberts has started her medical leave a day earlier than planned.

Roberts, who announced on Monday that this would be her last week on the ABC morning show before leaving for treatment of a blood disorder, left early due to an illness in the family.

"I had planned to let tomorrow be the last day ... and then some things happened at home and I wanna take care of that before I begin my treatment next week."

Roberts told viewers last month that she had been diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome, a rare blood disorder, and would be taking an extended medical leave to prepare for a bone marrow transplant provided by her sister Sally-Ann.

Friday was set to be her last day but she left early to fly home to Mississippi to be with her ill mother, Lucimarian, and her family. reportede abcnews.com.

"Our beloved mother, the matriarch of our family, 88 years old, has had some health issues recently and it's got to the point that Sally-Ann and I need to get home so I’m leaving a day early,” Roberts said, according to abcnews.com.

Her co-anchors Josh Elliott, Sam Champion, George Stephanopoulos and Lara Spencer promised to to “keep her seat warm” and country star Martina McBride flew in to perform a special tribute to Roberts. No date has been set for her return to the show.

"I will be back, you know," said Roberts said on air. "This is just see you later. See you soon. I will get back as fast as I can."

"I love you and I'll see you soon," she said.








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Rita Sherrow grew up with TV. Yes, it was the ever-present “sister” from another techno mother. At first look, it was instant "Like." From then on, the TV had to be on in every room while she studied, elementary school through college. An Air Force brat, she attended school in three states (Oklahoma, Montana and Georgia) and two foreign countries (Germany and Bermuda) and graduated from Broken Arrow High School and the University of Tulsa with a degree in journalism/advertising. She first interned in the advertising world but, when a J-School professor (who also covered politics for the Tulsa World) offered her an internship at the newspaper, she took him up on it. The rest is history. She has served as bridal editor, senior features writer for the women’s section, food editor and is television editor of the Tulsa World. In addition to writing about TV shows and interviewing the stars for “Scene” stories, she also writes a TV column for Weekend and produces the Sunday TV World listings magazine.

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